Thursday MARCH 26 7:30 pm Wind from the Middle East: An Evening of Music and Film LOCATION LA VITROLA, 4602 Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec, Canada The Middle East Caucus presents an evening of entertainment and discussion, featuring a performance by local Montreal musicians Sam Shalabi (playing oud) and Stefan Christoff (on electric guitar). Following the…
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We welcome proposals that examine translations of books and exchange of knowledge between the Middle East and Russia in the pre-modern period: 131st MLA Annual Convention, Austin, 7–10 January 2016 Title of panel: “Russia and the Middle East (Pre-modern)” Description: this special panel examines broad cultural interaction between pre-modern Russia and the Middle East in…
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The Global Arab and Arab American MLA Forum invites proposals for the following two panels at the MLA convention in Austin, Texas (Jan 7-10, 2016) Global Arab Texts and their Publics Displaced writers. Deterritorialized texts. How do recent Arab émigré/exiled/refugee writers and their publics redefine the global? Role of gender, religion, language, literary economies. 250-word abstracts, bios…
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This is a call to the interested for talking about the state of Arab American activism and advocacy. Please keep in mind the approaching deadline on Feb 12. Roundtable Recent scholarship on Arab/Arab American activism, in addition to undocumented vast experiences of immigrant activists, established the roots and span of collective advocacy by the Syrian and…
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“The Critical Turn: Historical and Contemporary Formations in Ethnic Studies” Friday, April 10, 2015 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona As the final installation of a two-year long program series, “The World in Motion,” The Critical Turn: Historical and Contemporary Formations in Ethnic Studies will examine how both the local and global has reshaped the re/production…
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CFP: Who’s Arab? Where’s America?: Interrogating “Arab American” Middle East Studies Association, November 21-24, 2015, Denver The boundaries of Arab American studies have always been fluid. As a relatively young field of inquiry, researchers and scholars from a variety of backgrounds and approaches have been welcomed into the discipline. Sometimes the scholarship has included work…
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Call for Panel Proposals The Executive Committee of the Global Arab and Arab American Forum welcomes proposals for panels that we could sponsor at the 2016 MLA convention in Austin, TX. We welcome ideas for panel topics related to the forum’s focus on cultural and literary production by global Arab and Arab American writers, artists,…
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Wadad Kadi Travel Fellowships for Doctoral Students The Wadad Kadi Travel Fellowships for Doctoral Students were established in 2014 and are designed to encourage graduate student participation in the MESA annual meeting. Fellowships will be awarded in two categories: 1. Islamic Studies/History before 950 CE. Students enrolled in graduate programs who are presenting papers at MESA’s…
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AMERICAN REPRESENTATIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 2014 Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference Friday-Sunday, October 3-5, 2014 Indianapolis, IN JW Marriott Indianapolis Deadline: April 30, 2014 Submissions.mpcaaca.org Topics can include–but are certainly not limited to–any historical or contemporary representation of the Middle East in American popular culture, including sermons, songs, plays, paintings, travel…
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ARAB-AMERICAN CULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES 2014 Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference Friday-Sunday, October 3-5, 2014 Indianapolis, IN JW Marriott Indianapolis Deadline: April 30, 2014 Submissions.mpcaaca.org Topics can include–but are certainly not limited to–contemporary expressions of identity via cuisine, literature, media representations, museum displays. Historical case studies of Arab-American culture in the United States…
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